So this is an actual conversation that took place with a bunch of 5th graders this week in the context of a class I teach called Menschology… What if each of us actually knew a lot more about a lot of really important things than we actually give ourselves credit for. What if each of […]
People
Driving on Roswell Road
The other day I was driving on Roswell Road. In Atlanta. Sandy Springs, technically. It was about 6:15 pm. Suddenly. I realized. I knew the person. In the car. In front of me. Which made sense. Because we were headed to the same place. But then. I looked. In the rear view mirror. […]
We’ve gotta keep the world big.
During the opening “rant” of Episode 830 of his bi-weekly WTF Podcast, Marc Maron said something that resonated with me. He said, “We’ve gotta keep the world big.” I like that. I like it because, for at least a little while, it seems like lots of people have been trying to make the world […]
Death (Day 3)
Everyone else in the hotel has their plans for the day and we have ours. People look at you a little funny and with a tinge of pity when they see you dressed in funerary garb. The limo arrives at the house. We check to see if it has lathes for car seats. We head […]
Death (Day 2)
All of a sudden it’s a new day. I guess it’s obvious but you only have one date of death. Quickly time starts to accumulate. Today my daughter got a napkin and wiped tears from my wife’s eyes. Then she sat in my father in law’s oversized arm chair and said it felt like he […]
Death
My wife was out running the Peachtree Rod Race. And making good time. My phone rang. It was my mother in law. She rarely calls me directly. I answered the phone and she told me through her tears that Jim, her husband, had died. I called Loren, still recovering at the finish line. I have […]